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Caption: Cecelia Tichi
Jack London is known for his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North. But, that’s overlooking the real story. London was a reporter who made n...

Bought by KVSC, KPVL, and KCBX


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Elektro the Moto-Man and his Little Dog Sparko, created by Westinghouse Electric Company for the 1939 World’s Fair., Credit: New York City Public Library
Bradley Boyd and reporter Ashley Creek head to the top of an old hotel in Birmingham, Alabama, which made provisions for a future that never came. ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Elektro the Moto-Man and his Little Dog Sparko, created by Westinghouse Electric Company for the 1939 World’s Fair., Credit: New York City Public Library
Historian Max Page talks about why New York City is so often the target of destruction on the page and the silver screen. This segment comes from t...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 09:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Author and philosopher Charles Eisenstein discusses the narrative of separation from nature and the ecological crises it has wrought, as well as th...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Nov 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The mountain pass, Sierra Nevada, Credit: Library of Congress
Producer Jesse Dukes has the story of some five hundred families who were made to leave their homes in an area supposedly “pristine and free of hum...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 15, 2014
  • Length: 08:03
  • Purchases: 2
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Historically, home, school and community gardens have proven vital to national security and resiliency. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered ...

  • Added: Jul 04, 2014
  • Length: 28:00
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Marjane Ambler talks about and reads from 'Yellowstone Has Teeth: A memoir of living year-round in the world's first national park.'

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Joseph Mallord William Turner, Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On), 1840., Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The ocean has served as a means of exchange for all manner of cargo: oil, chemicals, waste, arms, manufactured goods, raw materials, and human bein...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:06
Caption: Shrimp fishing from horseback in Belgium, Credit: UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has no central "ocean" theme, but many of its myriad studies, project...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:23
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Permanence—the state or quality of lasting or remaining unchanged indefinitely—might appear to be an outmoded, unrealistic concept.

  • Added: Oct 18, 2013
  • Length: 08:16
Caption: Crew members aboard SS Norco in England during WWII. , Credit: The Marstal Maritime Museum
Maritime Museums are one of the key conduits for modern day understanding of maritime history, yet many are struggling. In this episode of World Oc...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:19
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Atlantic Memory is a concept which includes every aspect of maritime culture in order to inspire greater public understanding of maritime endeavors...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
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Radio Curious revisits a conversation with Chautauqua scholar Lee Stetson, who portrays environmental conservationist John Muir. Muir founded the ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
Caption: The Göta Canal, Credit: Insightguides.com
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will take us on a tour of the canals of the world.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2013
  • Length: 06:11
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Aldo Leopold's legendary essay collection, A Sand County Almanac, has inspired countless conservationists and earned Aldo Leopold a place alongside...

Bought by WTIP and KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2